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BL Premium reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa called on Mandla Msibi to immediately step aside after the MEC of agriculture in Mpumalanga appeared in the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court on Monday on charges of murder as a result of a deadly ANC branch meeting in August. Source: Latest News
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SANParks boss Mketeni ready to return to work after flop of sexual assault case
SowetanLIVE reports that South African National Parks (SANParks) chief executive Fundisile Mketeni says he is ready to return to work after he was acquitted of assault and sexual assault charges on Monday. Source: Latest News
Sars targets 52 firms linked to R1bn Covid PPE contracts
Cape Times reports that the SA Revenue Service (SARS) says it has focused on 52 non-compliant companies that received R1 billion in contracts for the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) and other Covid-19 related services. Source: Latest News
Employee dismissed by Clover for racist rant on Facebook loses re-instatement bid
GroundUp reports that a former employee at Clover has failed in his bid to be reinstated in his job after he was dismissed for a Facebook posting in which he said that all white people should be killed. Source: Latest News
Tiger Brands gets labour court order against striking workers at its Albany Bakery in Germiston
TimesLIVE reports that Tiger Brands on Monday obtained an order from the Labour Court in Johannesburg declaring the strike by workers at its Albany Bakery in Germiston as “unprotected”. Source: Latest News
BMW's Rosslyn vehicle assembly plant hit by Numsa’s strike in metals and engineering sector
Reuters reports that a spokesperson for BMW said on Monday that output at the company’s main vehicle assembly plant at Rosslyn had been hit by the wage strike in the metals and engineering sector. Source: Latest News
Umgeni Water’s acting boss resigns with immediate effect, operations head appointed as new acting CEO
Fin24 reports that Umgeni Water, SA’s second-largest water provider, advised on Monday that its acting chief executive, Nomalungelo Mkhize, had resigned with immediate effect. Source: Latest News
Fire guts mattress factory in Joburg, no injuries reported
News24 reports that a fire has destroyed a mattress factory in Nancefield, Johannesburg, with the owner, Imran Kazi, indicating that the factory was burnt to the ground and all the machinery was destroyed. Source: Latest News
Workers lose R100m in wages as metals strike drags on while Numsa awaits feedback from regions
BL Premium reports that the indefinite wage strike by the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) in the metals and engineering sector has cost workers R100m in lost wages, employers said on Monday. Source: Latest News
President declares 1 November a public holiday
News24 reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared Monday, 1 November 2021 – the date for the municipal elections – as a public holiday. Source: Latest News